Summaries

Their was one Israeli man that was caught at a airport for murder. He was a long time convict and was finally caught. Police have arrested him before for possession of weapons but was posted bail and got out the same day.

Kendra by Coe Booth

The book "Kendra," is about a girl named Kendra who is living in a black ghetto with her grandmother. Kendra's mom had her when she was fourteen, and her grandmother doesn't want to make the same mistake with Kendra.

Kendra's parents were only fourteen when they had her. Now Kendra's mom just got her PHD and got a job at City Collage. Her dad still lives with his mother and he is flat out broke. He wants to support Kendra so he has to borrow money from his mom and she lies off disability checks.

Kendra also has a friend named Adonna. However Adonna is more than her best friend she is Kendra's aunt.

Kendra has a very depressing life. Her mother doesn't seem like she wants her, and she is emotionally lost. The book shows that American ghetto's can be very harsh and poor. A lot of people get pregnant when they are young. they have a hard time supporting their family and there is often family troubles. However with hard work anyone can survive the ghetto's and become educated and rich.

Kendra is a very talented person who is very gifted. she was born into a environment where education is not all that important but some how she pulled through with the help of her grandma. She also happens to be emotionally lost, but her parents become much more responsible and she feels loved again.

Alcatraz

Alcatraz is most commonly known as a prison, however it started out as a military fort. For many years Alcatraz was a lonely island that was only visited by Native Americans.Then by 1853 the construction started to become a fort. It was armed with heavy artillery, and it became a very important fort, during the civil war.

Military technology was improving fast and Alcatraz couldn't keep up with it so it was it was closed. A few years later Alcatraz was turned into the first heavy duty prison in the world.

Technically Alcatraz was a prison since when it was a fort. They put confederate soldiers or any one that was accused of rape, theft, and treason was sent to Alcatraz. It was also a place for Indians during the western expansion. A lot of famous people were imprisoned in Alcatraz, such as Al Capone, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis...etc

Now Alcatraz is once again closed and is now a museum. Some people think it is a waste to leave all that land not used but Alcatraz is part of American history.

Hoarding

Hoarders are people that have too much off something. Some people however, hoard animals because they are mentally ill. They feel that they are loveless and emotionally lost, so they turn to animals to fill up the emptiness. There were two cases of animal hoarding, shown on a a show.

There names were Diane, and J.D. Diane lost her husband because he could handle the animals. Diane some how managed to keep 84 dogs and 42 cats in her very small trailer. Her house is always so dirty and very hectic. Her husband left her and she is alone with all the animals. She's trying to get rid of the emptiness that her husband left by animals. She ended giving away all her animals except for two dogs and one cat. She now currently lives with her daughter and her grand children.

J.D wasn't as bad but still had a huge problem. A good amount of her pay check goes to her animals and her life partner feels like she has no privacy. Psychiatrist found out that J.D didn't trust her life partner and she is also trying to solve her problems with hoarding. She is slowly getting rid of her animals, and tries to trust her partner more.

Even though they love the animals as if it were their own it is a form of abuse. The animals were living in unsanitary conditions and it also had a impact on the owners too. Hoarding id a bad thing but people can't help it if they feel emotionally lost.